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First at Nampo – Senwes
introduced the first ever
play area for children
called the Kaalvoet
Kinderparkie, where
child-minders were in
attendance to watch the
little ones while their
parents took a break. The
pics on the left capture
some of the moments at
Nampo including Senwes’
“clean team” who kept the
road shoulder to Nampo
spick and span.
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between key stakeholders in agriculture
to create awareness and solutions for the
burning issues facing the industry. This
year the platform, Nation in Conversation,
was highlighted by a distinct air of good-
will and promise with regards to those
issues. Given the fact that the national
election had just occurred, and that the
issue of land reform and economic renew-
al loomed large, the sessions of Nation
in Conversation echoed the purveying
mood.
The quality of the conversation reached
new heights with facilitators and partici
pants that included In Transformation
Initiative and former government minister,
Roelf Meyer; retired ambassador and
agri-economic fundi, Malcolm Ferguson;
LBW Editor-in-Chief, Chris Burgess;
Galileo Capital CEO Theo Vorster; politi-
cal commentator Theo Venter; strategist
Leona Archary; Grain SA’s Senelizwe
Fakade, Ikageng Maluleke and Jannie de
Villiers, Agri SA’s Christo van der Rheede,
Gloria Serobe of Wiphold and Wipcapital;
Nkosi Minenkulu Joyi – traditional leader
of Baziya Traditional Council & Royal
House of Joyi and Farmers Weekly’s
Siyanda Sishuba, to name a few.
The subject matter covered: Post
Election Political Perspectives; Public
Private Partnerships towards Sustainable
Economic Growth; Reviving the Platteland;
Agriculture – A Global Business – Where
does South Africa Stand; Supporting
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and Funding a Developing Agricultural
Industry; Technology and Funding; The
role of Communal Land in Agricultural
Development; Water: A critical Commodity
and A Glance into the Future –
Opportunities in Agriculture.
The sessions, which were well-attended
and featured robust audience participa-
tion, were live-streamed on the Nation in
Conversation website. To watch it, please
visit www.nationinconversation.co.za.
Once again social media was abuzz
with comments and reaction, ranging
from emotional highs and lows regar
ding the discussions. Follow the Nation in
Conversation and Senwes social media
feeds for up-to-the-minute views on all
matters agricultural.
If you’ve never been to Nampo or you’ve
never watched Nation in Conversation,
please make a point to watch the shows
now. You’re missing out on the latest
developments and hot topics in agri-
culture and we don’t want you to be
left behind. The agri-future looks posi-
tive, especially with a new Agricultural
Development Agency being touted to
assist farmers, coming soon. Watch the
Nation in Conversation live-stream on
Supporting and Funding a Developing
Agricultural Industry now for more infor-
mation. We hope to see you all again next
year or, of-course if you can make it, at
Nation in Conversation at Nampo Cape in
September.